Thread: New people and 3" strops

I use a 3" hanging strop, and do a windscreen wiper stroke, after i read one of pixels posts some time ago, definately just up and down isnt ideal, if your blade or strop arent flat.

Im reasonably new (less than 6 months) and have been trying different things on my SRD paddle strop. Lately I've been trying a zigzag motion, with the spine leading and edge trailing as I move down the length of the strop. I do roughly 1/3 passes like this, 1/3 straight and 1/3 windshield wiper style, and so far that has given me the smoothest shaves to date. Can't comment on hanging strops, as I only have the whipped dog poor mans strop and since getting the paddle strop, the paddle is the only one I use.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

X marks the spot. X a question and get an answer. Xed it out. X my heart and hope to... X is an essential part of living. Mark your ballot with an X in the right place. Acquire many X's via bad marriages. Forgotten how to write, X your signature. I'd swear that an X movement is more natural to the human frame than back and forth or up and down or side to side. Extol the value of X in any mathematical formula. Cross eyed is an X look. So, newbie's learn the X stroke in stropping and you will reap X amount of rewards for it.

Exactamundo.

From my own personal experience, a new guy can nick/cut a strop just as easily be it 2-1/2" or 3".

I started with 2-1/2", went to 3", than back to 2-1/2". I'm a firm believer in the X stroke but if the strop is good and flat I hear that the straight up and back is also effective.

Originally Posted by MisterMoo

Exactamundo.

Surely you mean x-actamundo....

Regards,
Neil

I have 1.5" strops, 2" strops, 2.5" strops along with 3" strops. For a dedicated straight razor
shaver I think you need to be able to strop on all size of widths. The less wide strops can generally be had for much less money and when you may have a chance to buy a beautiful
2.5" strop that you want your skillset will alow you to with no worries.

"All my X's live in Texas"

Originally Posted by Steel

"All my X's live in Texas"

My uncle out in Texas can't even write his name.
He signs his checks with "x's"
But they cash them just the same.
If you saw my pa and ma,
You'd know they had no learning,
Still they've raised a family
Doin' what comes naturally...

Regards,
Neil

What the "X" have I started? But we do need more xamples.

I can't think of a single valid reason to recomend a hanging 3" strop for a beginner.
As to the the Xs.....
The X followed by wife has certainly caused me more greif than I care to admit.